Fishing lure

Abstract

A fishing lure comprising a head, an eye for attaching the head to a fishing line, a substantially planar hook having a shank projecting rearwardly from the head, and a concave butt portion at the rearward end of the shank terminating in a barb, and guide arms on the head. The guide arms function to engage the mouth of a fish when the hook is inside the mouth to rotate the lure to a set position wherein the plane of the hook is substantially perpendicular to the floor and roof of the mouth of the fish, and to maintain the lure in the set position thereby to facilitate embedment of the hook in the floor or roof of the mouth.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A fishing lure comprising a head, means for attaching the head to a fishing line, a substantially planar hook having a shank projecting rearwardly from said head and a concave butt portion at the rearward end of the shank terminating in a barb, guide means on the head engageable with the mouth of a fish when the hook is inside the mouth for rotating the lure to a set position wherein the plane of the hook is substantially perpendicular to the floor and roof of the mouth of the fish and for maintaining the lure in said set position thereby to facilitate embedment of said hook in the floor or roof of the mouth, and camming means associated with said head engageable with the closed lips of a fish for assisting in rotation of the lure to said set position, said camming means comprising a pair of substantially flat camming surfaces located on the bottom, forward portion of said head generally symmetric about the plane of said hook and lying in planes inclined with respect to the plane of the hook, said camming surfaces being engageable with the closed lips of a fish as the lure moves forwardly in the mouth of the fish to rotate the lure toward said set position. 
     
     
       2. The fishing lure of claim 1 wherein said camming surfaces are inclined at about a forty-five degree angle with respect to the plane of the hook. 
     
     
       3. A fishing lure comprising a head, means for attaching said head to a fishing line, a substantially planar hook having a shank projecting rearwardly from said head and a concave butt portion at the rearward end of the shank terminating in a barb, and camming means associated with said head engageable with the closed lips of a fish to facilitate rotation of the lure toward a set position wherein the plane of the hook is substantially perpendicular to the floor and roof of the mouth of the fish thereby to facilitate embedment of said hook in the floor or roof of the mouth, said camming means comprising a pair of substantially flat camming surfaces located on the bottom, forward portion of said head generally symmetric about the plane of said hook and lying in planes inclined with respect to the plane of the hook, said camming surfaces being engageable with the closed lips of a fish as the lure moves forwardly in the mouth of the fish to rotate the lure toward said set position. 
     
     
       4. The fishing lure of claim 3 wherein said camming surfaces are inclined at about a forty-five degree angle with respect to the plane of the hook.